Lower European indices and flat US data – weekly claims held no surprises this morning, while the January trade deficit was only slightly bigger than expected – kept trading to the downside in the early going today. US equity indices returned to 8 Vote(s) Read More US Market Update 3 11 10

With economic policy stimuli already at full tilt, no government wants an overvalued exchange rate to slay recovery, and the rival "soft currency" needs are producing some elaborate rhetorical jousting. 8 Vote(s) Read More Race to the bottom with G4 currency rhetoric

The yen started this Thursday’s session in Asia gaining versus currencies regionally and globally, on speculations that local investors are repatriating capital before the Japanese fiscal year ends in the following weeks.(…)Read the rest of Yen Reverts Losing Trend on Domestic Speculations (133 words) Posted on Forex News. Read More Yen Reverts Losing Trend on Domestic Speculations

ONE of the few good things about the Great Recession of 2008-09 was a merciful absence of complaints from America’s Congress about China’s currency. The yuan’s gradual appreciation stopped in July 2008, and China has since kept its currency tight 5 Vote(s) Read More China, America and the yuan

After gaining for two consecutive days versus important currencies like the euro and the U.S. dollar, the kiwi currency didn’t manage to sustain its trend after central bankers in the country affirmed that lack of economic improvements in the South Pacific nation will delay interest rate hikes.(…)Read the rest of NZ Dollar Down on Rates Dovish Comments (126 words) Posted on Forex News. Read More NZ […]

Piano playing is an art with unlimited possibilites. Pippi Longstocking made a remark in a film that can be used when you try to learn to play piano. Pippi Longstocking is a nine-year-old Swedish girl in a series of children’s books. Pippi has red braids and is very unconventional, assertive, extraordinarily strong, and rich. She […]

Thankfully, we do not take Murphy’s Law, too seriously. Imagine, dealing your sickness with this attitude: “What’s going to get wrong, shall go wrong”! Stoical, yes; practicable, no. Natural home remedies have maintained a balance between the excessive hypochondria and absolute unconcern, as far as diseases are concerned. Age-old wisdom has a habit of coming […]

“One of the concerns I had about calling on key decision-makers was determining what I was going to say. My experience had been selling much lower in the organization and I considered myself pretty effective at the standard features and benefits presentation. I knew that this wasn’t going to be enough if I was fortunate […]